Noun
iconicity (countable and uncountable, plural iconicities)
the state of being iconic (in all meanings)
It has been found that when children acquire the pronoun "you", the iconicity of the point (at the child) is often confused, being treated more like a name. citation This is a similar finding to research in oral languages on pronoun acquisition. Source: Internet
Even so, in ASL iconicity plays a significant role; a high percentage of signs resemble their referents in some way. Source: Internet
Frishberg (1975) wrote a very influential paper addressing the relationship between arbitrariness and iconicity in ASL. Source: Internet
As a result, iconicity as a whole was largely neglected in research of sign languages. Source: Internet
It has also been found that iconicity of signs does not affect immediate memory and recall; less iconic signs are remembered just as well as highly iconic signs. Source: Internet
She concluded that though originally present in many signs, iconicity is degraded over time through the application of grammatical processes. Source: Internet